FUT9

Fucosyltransferase 9 (alpha (1,3) fucosyltransferase)
Identifiers
Symbols FUT9; Fuc-TIX
External IDs OMIM606865 MGI1330859 HomoloGene4800 GeneCards: FUT9 Gene
EC number 2.4.1.152
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 10690 14348
Ensembl ENSG00000172461 ENSMUSG00000055373
UniProt Q9Y231 Q14AE3
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_006581 NM_010243.3
RefSeq (protein) NP_006572 NP_034373.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 6:
96.46 – 96.65 Mb
Chr 4:
25.54 – 25.73 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Alpha-(1,3)-fucosyltransferase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FUT9 gene.[1][2][3]

FUT9 is one of several alpha-3-fucosyltransferases that can catalyze the last step in the biosynthesis of Lewis antigen, the addition of a fucose to precursor polysaccharides. FUT9 synthesizes the LeX oligosaccharide (CD15), which is expressed in organ buds progressing in mesenchyma during human embryogenesis.[supplied by OMIM][3]

References

  1. ^ Kaneko M, Kudo T, Iwasaki H, Ikehara Y, Nishihara S, Nakagawa S, Sasaki K, Shiina T, Inoko H, Saitou N, Narimatsu H (Jul 1999). "Alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase IX (Fuc-TIX) is very highly conserved between human and mouse; molecular cloning, characterization and tissue distribution of human Fuc-TIX". FEBS Lett 452 (3): 237–42. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(99)00640-7. PMID 10386598. 
  2. ^ Kaneko M, Kudo T, Iwasaki H, Shiina T, Inoko H, Kozaki T, Saitou N, Narimatsu H (Jan 2000). "Assignment of the human alpha 1,3-fucosyltransferase IX gene (FUT9) to chromosome band 6q16 by in situ hybridization". Cytogenet Cell Genet 86 (3–4): 329–30. doi:10.1159/000015329. PMID 10575236. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: FUT9 fucosyltransferase 9 (alpha (1,3) fucosyltransferase)". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10690. 

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